We got to Newport on July 19th. We plan to leave on the 30th. That is 10 full days at anchor - why so long? - parts.
Had some mail sent, and found a shop to custom make a piece of stainless for us to mount our winch on for the new asymmetrical spinnaker we have ordered. The shop needed some time, so that meant we would hang around for a week at least.
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| That mirror like finish on the stainless won't last forever, but it is pretty right now. |
We have enjoyed Newport. The anchorage is crowded, which we don't like, but watching boats has been entertaining. While we have been here we have taken a couple of walks. One was the Cliff walk, which is a walk around the waters edge, from up high (hence cliff). It goes by some mansions, and has some paved places, some rock, and some gravel. It was a hot day when we walked it, but did enjoy it.
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| Map of Cliff Walk |
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| A small home visible on the walk - now a college |
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| Another small place |
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| Nice bay, with more "small" homes |
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| Tunnel we had to walk through |
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| Nice sunny day |
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| Not a sandy beach, lots of large rocks |
We also walked in town a bit. Lots of historic homes.
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| Typical historic house |
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| Much larger historic house |
Had lunch at Garys. Good burgers and nice atmosphere - and not the over nautical typical tourist fare.
360 View of the anchorage. Sorry it is jerky, it was a bouncy wave day
Newport Bridge at night looks nice
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